I think I finally decided to go for the Benq dw1620 over the Pioneer 108 and LG 12x drives. However, The dw1620 is no where to be found and the 1610 is advertised at newegg.com and other retailers as +R DL 2.4x capable.

As far as I know the 1610 is the same hardware as the others just doesn't have DL enabled in the firmware. So officialy it's a 16x dual format SL drive. They are probably counting on the fact that it will get unofficial upgrade to 1620 firmware somehow or they just have made a missprint in their add.

Sorry folks, my fault this is a bug. It was detected by Benq and I was notified yesterday. I have fixed the problem. The freeware version is already done and is on the site now (V2.61) the fix for V3.10 will come in a couple of hours.

though according to Benq the drive drive does support read DL and should show that. The nero shot above seems to also have a bug if this is the case. I would appreciate if DW1610 owners could let me know this when they try V2.61 freeware of V3.10

< Message edited by nicw -- 8/16/2004 12:24:03 AM >

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though according to Benq the drive drive does support read DL and should show that. The nero shot above seems to also have a bug if this is the case. I would appreciate if DW1610 owners could let me know this when they try V2.61 freeware of V3.10

I am not quite sure if BenQ DW1610 support DL disc reading. Let't say that DVD+R DL disc is not the same as DVD-ROM DL(D9).

In the spec of DW1610, it only said that it support DVD-9 disc, didn't mention about DVD+R DL disc.

Maybe BenQ DW1610 only support DVD-9 disc reading, not DVD+R DL disc. (I am not quite sure about that, I only have DW1600 which support DVD+R DL read/write)